Peter Leonard: Trust is key to domestic violence prevention

8:38 AM,
Apr. 19, 2013

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It's the matter-of-factness of Leah Feldman's expression when she says that her work is about "preventing more homicides" that is so alarming.

Feldman, 26, executive director of Domestic Violence Services of Dutchess County, an affiliate of Family Services Inc., was talking about seven recent domestic violence homicides in the county, including four that kids witnessed up close.

It's not only homicide victims - overwhelmingly women - that Feldman deals with, but those who are beaten up, raped or psychologically pushed to the limit, mostly by their husbands and boyfriends. ...